Krishna Srinivasan

Krishna Srinivasan is a co-founder of LiveOak Venture Partners and has been investing in early-stage Texas-based companies and entrepreneurs since 2000. His active board involvements at LiveOak include DISCO (NYSE: LAW), BackFlip, Eventus Systems, Homeward, LitLingo, Nada Finance, Ojo Labs, Real Work Labs, Rollick, SchooLinks, and Talent Guard. His notable past investments include Digital Pharmacist (acquired by K1), Hive9 (acquired by BrandMaker), Iris Plans (acquired by Aledade), Mavenir Systems (NYSE: MVNR), Opcity (acquired by Newscorp), StackEngine (acquired by Oracle), Telestax (acquired by Mavenir).

Prior to co-founding LiveOak, Krishna was a Partner at Austin Ventures, and previously he was with Motorola, where he wrote large-scale optimization software for supply chain planning and worked with a variety of business units on strategic and operational issues. He started his professional career at SEMATECH.

Krishna received his MBA from Wharton, where he graduated with the highest academic honors as a Palmer Scholar. He also has an MS in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Krishna currently serves as Chairman of the Miracle Foundation board, an Austin-based organization that supports orphanages in India and foster care programs in the United States. He also serves on the board of PBS Austin, where he Chairs the Strategic Planning Committee of the Board. When he’s not working, you can find him running the trails of Austin, practicing yoga, and spending time with his wife and three kids.